Antigone, Jean Anouilh
Antigone, Jean Anouilh
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Antigone

Author: Jean Anouilh

Narrator: Elizabeth Marvel, Francis Guinan, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2005


Synopsis

The body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone's faithfulness to her dead brother and his proper burial, and her defiance of the dictator Creon, seals her fate. Originally produced in Paris during the Nazi occupation, Anouilh's Antigone was seen by the French as theatre of the resistance and by the Germans as an affirmation of authority. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Jordan Bridges as Haemon and GuardDominic Fumusa as GuardFrancis Guinan as Creon John Hansen as Guard and MessengerAlan Mandell as ChorusElizabeth Marvel as AntigoneAlley Mills as NannyMandy Siegfried as Ismene Directed by Brendon Fox. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles. (P)2005 L.A. Theatre Works. All Rights Reserved.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Manny on July 29, 2021

[Original review, Nov 2008] Read this play any time you feel you're being talked into something which sounds plausible, but which you know in your heart just stinks. It was written to encourage French people not to collaborate with the Nazis during the occupation. A miracle that it was ever performed......more

Goodreads review by Manny on April 29, 2024

NOT JUST ANOTHER GIRL-DOES-THE-RIGHT-THING-AND-GETS-KILLED-FOR-IT DRAMA, ALSO CONTAINS INTEGRATED AUDIO AND FRENCH SUBTITLES! It's my pleasure to present the most ambitious project yet attempted using the open source LARA platform: a full-length play, with each part recorded by a different person. Ac......more